Devil Horns from a Ring of Fire
Atmospheric refractionflattened the solar disk and distortedits appearance in this telescopic view of an Atlantic sunriseon June 10.From Belmar, New Jersey on the US east coast,the scene wasrecorded at New Moonduring this season’s annular solar eclipse.The Moon in partial silhouette gives the rising Sunits crescent shape reminding some of the horns of the devil(or maybe a flying canoe …).
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